How have eunhae been acting after the army that’s pushing their normal dynamic, do you feel? Because I personally feel like the number of interactions they had pre-army were a lot...... sketchy (but in a good way, you catch my drift)
hey anon!!! i’m so sorry this took so long, it’s been months since i checked my inbox and i’m so so so sorry omg you must have been waiting ages for my response ㅠㅠ
i mean tbh eunhae’s interactions were sketch both pre-army AND post-army but in a way i feel like they’ve been more… free??? with their interactions since they got discharged. they were definitely more cautious before they enlisted, which adds on to their sketchiness, but they’re definitely more comfortable now that enlistment is over. just off the top of my head, in no particular order:
the two’s hugs during both of their discharges, but especially during hyukjae’s discharge; like, come on, i’m a hugger and a cuddler but even i don’t run my hands all over my bffs’ backs and neck, that’s just way too intimate and weird
donghae appointing hyukjae as the only member to run in the rain for their “one more chance” mv, after donghae has explicitly explained that the rain in the mv and the lyrics symbolizes the person he loves that he does not want to leave the way rain does - traceless when dried and and time has passed (or something along these lines, anyway). considering there’s also eunhae’s “rainy day” photos and captions that most of the eunhae fandom has established to be code for either donghae or hyukjae missing the other, i think this can be considered a solid instance of eunhae displaying their closeness on another level? even if you looked at this from a platonic perspective, i feel that making hyukjae run in the rain is a clear indication of how much he means to donghae, considering the connotations and meaning that donghae had attached to the symbol of the rain.
their interactions during ss7 stages, ESPECIALLY the hk stage (i feel so blessed i saw that live like holy shit): obsessing over each other’s butts, adding fuel to the fans’ fire by unbuttoning and pulling down each other’s shirts during “shirt”, donghae sitting on hyukjae’s lap during “girlfriend”, etc.
SEEING THE NEW YEAR’S SUNRISE TOGETHER!!!!!!! i don’t think i really need to explain this - in korea usually couples watch the new year’s sunrise together but wouldn’t ya know it, eunhae went to watch it together
donghae’s really really really weird, sketchy smile when the interviewer for hk’s star talk asked him and hyukjae about whether or not they’re still gonna go through with what they said before about living together (around the 5:34 min mark)
hyukjae asking the face reader/fortune teller about his 궁합 with donghae (i guess you could say that it translates to “compatibility” or “chemistry”? there isn’t really a direct translation for this korean/chinese word) during that ig live where hyukjae asked about each member’s fortunes and all based on reading their faces. the interesting thing here is that 궁합 is used almost exclusively by korean couples, especially those preparing for marriage. some couples even split up or break off their engagement if they find out their 궁합 is not good. and - you guessed it - hyukjae only asked about his 궁합 with donghae and not any other member. while it IS possible to ask about your 궁합 with a friend or a colleague, it’s pretty rarely used. and considering the context of eunhae’s relationship - they’ve been bffs for about 18 years now - it’s even stranger for hyukjae to ask about his 궁합 with donghae from a strictly professional standpoint. like, if you were best friends with someone for 18 years, wouldn’t you be the clearest on the subject (never mind a fortune teller/face reader) of whether or not you and your best friend are compatible??? idk, seems fishy to me
heechul pulling a polaroid of eunhae out of donghae’s romeo & juliet book that he’s been reading for 3 years. this isn’t really an eunhae “interaction”, per se, but i do feel that this is one of, if not the most, sketchy instances of eunhae ever. considering it was heechul pulling out this photo from the book and claiming that it’s donghae’s bookmark WITHOUT donghae’s explicit permission or even knowledge of heechul doing this, it’s pretty obvious that donghae never meant for fans to know about what he keeps as his bookmark. there’s also the fact that this romeo & juliet is a love story, one that donghae loves so much he’s read over and over again for the last 3 years. idk about you but i don’t use polaroids of my friends in a story about starcrossed lovers??? in my opinion this is a pretty solid instance of a rather bold and very, very sketchy move by eunhae that insinuates something beyond friendship, but at the end of the day it’s just my opinion.
the discovery of even MORE couple accessories the both of them have. to our knowledge we already know that they own several couple rings (gucci’s 2015 special knot rings, (((possibly))) tiffany & co. wedding bands, and boucheron quatre black edition rings), couple bracelets (fred bennett bangles, chrome hearts bracelets, these bracelets but idk the brand name); but ever since their discharge i think it was discovered by fans that they also have matching necklaces?????? and let’s not forget that the photo donghae posted (of him holding up his romeo & juliet book) includes donghae CLEARLY wearing his own version of the boucheron quatre couple ring (which is obviously different from hyukjae’s own version - hence, proof that they’re not sharing the ring but they clearly each have their own ring in the series). and because now that you know donghae also has a photo of him and hyukjae in the book, donghae’s photo becomes like 10x more shady!!! pic below for your reference
that’s all i can think of off the top of my head for the time being but i still think that these are wayyy way sketchier than most of the interactions they shared prior to their enlistment! hopefully this helpful in explaining why i feel like they’ve been pushing their dynamics a bit more than they used to since they discharged???
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